The father-of-three confirmed he had become the father of twins at the end of June in a Facebook post shortly after Portugal were defeated by Chile in the semi-final of the Confederations Cup in Russia.

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Ronaldo's Facebook post translated

I was in the service of the national team, as always, body and soul, even though my two children were born.

Unfortunately, we have not been able to achieve the main sporting objective that we wanted, but I am sure we will continue to give joy to the Portuguese.

The President of the Portuguese Football Federation and the national picker have today had an attitude that has touched me and I will not forget.

I’m very happy to finally be with my children for the first time.

He has not yet confirmed the sex of the twins or their names but reports coming out of Portugal suggest they are called Eva and Mateo.

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Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) released a statement which said: ‘We must release the athlete so he can finally get to know his children.’